The Who is pretty well my favourite band of all time. Without a doubt. Way back in the seventies (yes, I’m that old) when everyone else was arguing about whether the Beatles or the Stones were the greatest rock ‘n roll band in the world, I always argued it was The Who. Townshend, Daltry, Moon were the noisy ones, the famous ones, the crazy ones. But the bassist, John Entwistle, he was The Quiet One. The one who held it all together.

So, over the years I’ve collected a fair big of Who music, but also solo stuff by Pete Townshend and a bit by Roger Daltry. But also John Entwistle, who’s dark humour has always really appealed to me. Most Who albums had one or two tracks written by him, sometimes more. He usually only sung one of them as he realized early on if he wrote more for Daltry’s style he’d get more songs on the albums.

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I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the who live in concert twice. The first time was at MSG in New York shortly after Entwhistle died so I missed seeing him play. Because of the recency of his passing (only a few days prior), the show became something of a tribute to him and was probably the best concert I have ever seen.

Certainly they were the best live band of their time (never saw them, but The Kids Are Alright DVD is some pretty good evidence).
Legend has it the Stones buried their show “The Rolling Stones Rock ‘n Roll Circus) for years because the Who blew them off the stage.